Asunder

to crack asunder    torn asunder

And he [Judas Iscariot] hath nowe poſſeſſed a plott of grounde with the rewarde off iniquyte. And when he was hanged⸝ braſt [burst] a ſondre in the myddes⸝ and all his bowels guſſhed out.

The Kings of the earth ſet themſelues, and the rulers take counſell together, againſt the Lord, and againſt his Anoynted, ſaying, Let vs breake their bandes aſunder, and caſt away their cords from vs.

For every thing is beſt underſtood by its conſtitutive cauſes; for as in a vvatch, or ſome ſuch ſmall engine, the matter, figure, and motion of the vvheeles, cannot be vvell knovvn, except it be taken in ſunder, and vievved in parts; ſo as to make a more curious ſearch into the rights of States, and duties of Subjects, it is neceſſary, (I ſay not to take them in ſunder, but yet that) they be ſo conſidered, as if they vvere diſſolved, […]

About the time that Sylla vvas making ready, to put off vvith his Forces from Italy, beſides many other Divine Omens vvhich befell Mithridates [VI Eupator] at Pergamos, there goes a ſtory, that the Statue of Victory, vvith a Crovvn in her hand, vvhich the Pergamenians by Engines from above let dovvn on him, vvhen ſhe had almoſt reacht his head, fell aſunder, and the Crovvn tumbling dovvn into the midſt of the Theatre, broke to pieces againſt the ground, […]

VVork'd on the VVreck, cut another Beam aſunder, and brought three great Fir Planks off from the Decks, vvhich I ty'd together, and made ſvvim on Shore, vvhen the Tide of Flood came on.

His ſuppoſed orthodoxy here cramped the vigorous povvers of his underſtanding. He vvas confined by a chain vvhich early imagination and long habit made him think maſſy and ſtrong, but vvhich, had he ventured to try, he could at once have ſnapt aſunder.

[I]f your heart is rent asunder and you are truly penitent for what you did, Our Saviour will have mercy on you yet!